Stewart cargo traffic, 1st 2 months of 2014, down

STEWART AIRPORT — Cargo traffic at Stewart International Airport plummeted about 26 percent in January and February compared with the same time period last year.

During the first two months of the year, 2,300 tons of cargo passed through Stewart. In January and February last year, about 3,123 tons went through the airport, according to data provided by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

Michael Torelli, Stewart’s manager of properties and business development, said the decline was due to the bad weather this winter. Passenger air travel fell about 2 percent in January and February compared with the same months last year.

According to the Port Authority, 46,049 passengers traveled through Stewart in the first two months of 2014, down from 46,880 in the same period in 2013.